infringed (on or upon)

past tense of infringe (on or upon)

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violated
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  • Hundreds of those grants were later reinstated when a federal judge ruled that the slap-dash nature of the terminations violated the Administrative Procedures Act, which regulates how agencies are supposed to change policies.
    Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Marc Ellinger, an attorney for the two Republican lawmakers, has argued that switching congressional maps between the primary and general elections violated federal law.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
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“Infringed (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringed%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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